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- Record Label: Hear Music (Starbucks)
- Release Date: Jun 4, 2013
![Ghost Brothers of Darkland County [OST] Image](https://static.metacritic.com/images/products/music/8/3e4b5cbfcc387a673dd47079792905a4-98.jpg)
- Summary:
- Record Label: Hear Music (Starbucks)
- Genre(s): Country, Americana, Pop/Rock, Roots Rock, Stage & Screen, Cast Recordings, Musical Theater
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 6
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Mixed: 3 out of 6
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Negative: 0 out of 6
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Jun 4, 2013On this album, the music meets and sometimes exceeds those ambitions.
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Jun 4, 2013Those songs rise above the story line, but probably wouldn’t have existed without characters to sing them--reason enough for a rock songwriter to venture into a musical.
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Jun 4, 2013It's difficult to say how good this musical is just from the songs and pieces of dialogue presented here, but the songs have a weary, inevitable flow to them, as if fate forced them into a dark room with little light or air or chance of redemption.
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Jul 11, 2013Ghost Brothers of Darkland County is chockfull of slow-to-mid tempo tracks that prevent it from truly soaring, musically. Without repeated listens, it’s difficult to follow, but this release should be treated as a teaser.
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Jun 4, 2013Removed from the plot, the edgy swamp/country music score doesn’t connect with the powerful and gripping intensity of the show.
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Jun 4, 2013While a few songs stand apart (Case's wickedly sexy "That's Who I Am"), the set mostly makes you want to see the blood spilling onstage.